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English
Etymology
Back-formation from cours from Japanese クール (kūru), from French cours. Attestable in English among the anime community from at least 2007. Anime News Network's Lexicon Encyclopedia dictates the original cours to be unchanged in singular form, though that has been reanalyzed as a plural form.
Pronunciation
Noun
cour (plural cours)
- A three-month unit of television broadcasting, corresponding to one of the four seasons.
- A portion of a television program aired over the course of one such period, comprising 10 to 14 weekly episodes.
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Czech
Pronunciation
Noun
cour
- genitive plural of coura
French
Etymology
Inherited from Old French cort, inherited from Latin cortem, shortening of cohors. Doublet of cohorte and court (“tennis court”).
Pronunciation
Noun
cour f (plural cours)
- courtyard, yard
- court (of law)
- (royal) court
- following (of a celebrity etc.)
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Norman
Etymology
From Old French cort, from Latin cortem, accusative of cors, shortening of cohors.
Noun
cour f (plural cours)
- (Jersey) court
Walloon
Etymology
From Old French cuer, from Vulgar Latin *corem m, from Latin cor n.
Pronunciation
Noun
cour m (plural cours)
- (anatomy) heart